Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC) syndrome is an autosomal-dominant disorder that results from a germline pathogenic variant in the fumarate hydratase (FH) gene on chromosome ...

It was the patient's dream to become a mother one day, but the existence of a massive fibroid in her uterus was threatening this dream and affecting her health. A timely treatment, however, solved her ...

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Fibroid degeneration occurs when a uterine fibroid outgrows its limited blood supply and begins to die. Fibroids are benign uterine growths made of smooth muscle cells and fibrous tissue. Some people ...

The majority of women with uterine fibroids are asymptomatic, consequently get less clinical attention and fibroid tumors often remain undiagnosed. [23,24] Symptomatic women typically complain ...

Clinically, this is called pedunculated subserosal leiomyoma with torsion. Because fibroids are common, you may have multiple fibroid types at the same time and experience other symptoms in ...

The growth in question consists of muscle and connective tissue in the uterine wall. The growth can develop inside the uterine wall, inside the main cavity of the organ or even on ...

Both authors share equal and corresponding authorship. The helminth diseases schistosomiasis, opisthorchiasis, and clonorchiasis are highly carcinogenic. Trypanosoma cruzi has a dual role in cancer ...

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